Filicia: 'Tacky' castle biggest challenge

Tacky House host Thom Filicia has said that revamping a 1970s castle was his "biggest challenge" on the show.

The former Queer Eye For The Straight Guy designer fronts the Style Network series which sees unsuspecting people nominated for a home makeover by their loved ones, on the basis that their house is too tacky.

Speaking to Digital Spy, he said: "It was a castle built in the 1970s in a suburban neighbourhood so by castle standards, it wasn't a great architectural landscape, but it was fun and interesting.

"The family that lives there were connected to it because their father - who has passed - was very proud of the castle, and I feel like it keeps them connected to him and the history of him. That was a difficult one because I had to be super respectful and also make it work, and there is not a lot of great castle furniture these days when you are out and about, no Castles R Us or anything!

He continued: "Castles look great with beautiful antiques really and I'm unable to purchase those!... It was also very big, a lot of big dark spaces so it was definitely a challenge."

Filicia also revealed that he broke his toe during the filming after a piece of metal tripod that was holding up a work of art fell on his foot.

"It's all better now, it healed in about six weeks," he added. "I just taped it to another toe and kept going!"